3279 lines
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3279 lines
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{
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"riddling":{
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"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
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"examples":[
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"several signs along the highway were riddled by buckshot"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boring",
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"drilling",
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"holing",
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"perforating",
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"piercing",
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"punching",
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"puncturing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broaching",
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"tapping",
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"poking",
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"pricking",
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"prickling",
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"penetrating",
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"burrowing (into)",
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"excavating",
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"gouging",
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"grooving",
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"hollowing",
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"breaking",
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"cutting",
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"gashing",
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"notching",
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"rending",
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"rupturing",
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"slashing",
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"slitting",
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"splitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"filling",
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"patching",
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"plugging",
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"sealing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to spread throughout":{
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"examples":[
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"the newspaper expos\u00e9 revealed a gaming commission that is riddled with corruption"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"interpenetrating",
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"percolating (into)",
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"permeating",
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"pervading",
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"suffusing",
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"transfusing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"diffusing (through)",
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"impregnating",
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"passing (into)",
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"penetrating",
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"filling (up)",
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"drenching",
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"imbuing",
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"infusing",
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"saturating",
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"soaking",
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"steeping",
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"flooding",
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"glutting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"riddling (out)":{
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"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
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"examples":[
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"with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"answering",
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"breaking",
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"cracking",
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"doping (out)",
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"figuring out",
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"puzzling (out)",
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"resolving",
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"solving",
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"unraveling",
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"unriddling",
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"working",
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"working out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"concluding",
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"deciding",
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"deducing",
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"gathering",
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"inferring",
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"judging",
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"reasoning",
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"clearing (up)",
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"ironing out",
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"straightening (out)",
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"unscrambling",
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"untangling",
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"untying",
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"untieing",
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"assuming",
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"conjecturing",
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"divining",
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"guessing",
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"presuming",
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"speculating",
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"deciphering",
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"decoding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rides herd on":{
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"to be in charge of":{
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"examples":[
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"Teachers must sometimes ride herd on more than 25 students at once."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosses",
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"captains",
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"handles",
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"heads",
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"overlooks",
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"oversees",
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"quarterbacks",
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"superintends",
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"supervises"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"administers",
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"commands",
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"controls",
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"directs",
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"guides",
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"manages",
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"orders",
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"runs",
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"shepherds",
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"shows",
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"steers",
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"monitors",
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"presides (over)",
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"governs",
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"reigns",
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"rules"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"ridiculed":{
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"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"the term \"big bang theory\" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"derided",
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"gibed",
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"jibed",
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"jeered",
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"laughed (at)",
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"mocked",
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"scouted",
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"shot down",
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"skewered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"scoffed (at)",
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"scorned",
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"sneered (at)",
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"bad-mouthed",
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"belittled",
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"decried",
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"disparaged",
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"pooh-poohed",
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"poohed",
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"put down",
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"chaffed",
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"jived",
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"joshed",
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"kidded",
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"quizzed",
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"rallied",
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"razzed",
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"ribbed",
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"rode",
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"rid",
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"teased",
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"tweaked",
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"twitted",
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"baited",
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"barracked",
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"bugged",
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"catcalled",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"hassled",
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"heckled",
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"needled",
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"pestered",
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"ragged",
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"targeted",
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"taunted",
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"tormented",
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"aped",
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"burlesqued",
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"caricatured",
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"imitated",
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"lampooned",
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"mimicked",
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"parodied",
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"parroted",
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"pilloried",
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"satirized",
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"took off (on)",
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"travestied"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"applauded",
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"approved",
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"commended",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"sanctioned"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ridiculer":{
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"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
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"examples":[
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"any person of great vision has his or her ridiculers , who inevitably fail to appreciate genius and originality"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baiter",
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"harasser",
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"heckler",
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"mocker",
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"needler",
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"persecutor",
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"quiz",
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"quizzer",
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"taunter",
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"tease",
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"teaser",
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"tormentor",
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"tormenter",
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"torturer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belittler",
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"derider",
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"detractor",
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"giber",
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"jiber",
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"insulter",
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"jeerer",
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"scoffer",
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"scorner",
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"trash-talker",
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"smart aleck",
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"smart alec",
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"smarty",
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"smartie",
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"smarty-pants",
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"wiseacre",
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"wise guy",
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"kidder",
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"lampooner",
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"satirist",
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"accuser",
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"blamer",
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"troublemaker",
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"assailant",
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"attacker",
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"molester",
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"victimizer",
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"bother",
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"disturber",
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"pest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"defender",
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"deliverer",
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"guard",
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"protector",
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"rescuer",
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"savior",
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"saviour",
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"comforter",
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"solace",
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"soother",
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"succorer",
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"bodyguard",
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"champion"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ridicules":{
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"the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something":{
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"examples":[
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"the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"derisions",
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"mockeries",
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"sports"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contempts",
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"disdains",
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"scorns",
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"belittlements",
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"deprecations",
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"disparagements",
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"catcalls",
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"insults",
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"put-downs",
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"laughters",
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"burlesques",
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"caricatures",
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"mimicries",
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"pasquinades",
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"satires"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"applauses",
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"approvals",
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"commendations",
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"praises"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"the term \"big bang theory\" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"derides",
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"gibes",
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"jibes",
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"jeers",
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"laughs (at)",
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"mocks",
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"scouts",
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"shoots down",
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"skewers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"scoffs (at)",
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"scorns",
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"sneers (at)",
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"bad-mouths",
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"belittles",
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"decries",
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"disparages",
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"pooh-poohs",
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"poohs",
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"puts down",
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"chaffs",
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"jives",
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"joshes",
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"kids",
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"quizzes",
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"rallies",
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"razzes",
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"ribs",
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"rides",
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"teases",
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"tweaks",
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"twits",
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"baits",
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"barracks",
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"bugs",
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"catcalls",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"hassles",
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"heckles",
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"needles",
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"pesters",
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"rags",
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"targets",
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"taunts",
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"torments",
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"apes",
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"burlesques",
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"caricatures",
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"imitates",
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"lampoons",
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"mimics",
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"parodies",
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"parrots",
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"pillories",
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"satirizes",
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"takes off (on)",
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"travesties"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"applauds",
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"approves",
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"commends",
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"endorses",
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"indorses",
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"sanctions"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"riding":{
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"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
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"examples":[
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"that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baiting",
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"hassling",
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"hazing",
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"heckling",
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"needling",
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"taunting",
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"teasing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deriding",
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"gibing",
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"jibing",
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"jeering",
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"mocking",
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"ridiculing",
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"annoying",
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"bothering",
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"bugging",
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"burning (up)",
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"chafing",
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"fretting",
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"frosting",
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"galling",
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"getting",
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"gnawing (at)",
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"grating",
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"griping",
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"hacking (off)",
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"hagriding",
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"irking",
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"irritating",
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"itching",
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"nagging",
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"narking",
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"nettling",
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"peeving",
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"pestering",
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"piquing",
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"putting out",
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"rasping",
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"riling",
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"ruffling",
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"spiting",
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"troubling",
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"vexing",
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"aggravating",
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"exasperating",
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"goading",
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"testing",
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"trying",
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"aggrieving",
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"agitating",
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"bedeviling",
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"beleaguering",
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"discomforting",
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"disturbing",
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"perturbing",
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"badgering",
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"dogging",
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"hounding",
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"browbeating",
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"bullying",
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"hectoring",
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"harassing",
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"harrying",
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"persecuting",
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"plaguing",
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"terrorizing",
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"tormenting",
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"torturing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
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"examples":[
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"his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaffing",
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"jiving",
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"joking",
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"joshing",
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"kidding",
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"rallying",
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"razzing",
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"ribbing",
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"roasting",
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"teasing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bantering",
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"fooling",
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"funning",
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"stringing along",
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"jesting",
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"quipping",
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"wisecracking",
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"gagging",
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"japing",
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"jollying",
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"yukking",
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"yucking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
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"examples":[
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"a condor riding high in the sky"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drifting",
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"floating",
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"gliding",
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"hanging",
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"hovering",
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"poising",
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"sailing",
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"swimming",
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"wafting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bobbing",
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"dangling",
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"suspending",
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"buoying",
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"ballooning",
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"rafting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"diving",
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"lunging",
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"plunging",
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"dipping",
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"immersing",
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"submerging",
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"submersing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"settling",
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"sinking"
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]
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},
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"to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)":{
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"examples":[
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"our plan for the party rides on whether he can come"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"depending",
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"hanging",
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"hinging",
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"turning"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basing",
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"establishing",
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"founding",
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"resting",
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"staying",
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"grounding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ridding":{
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"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
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"examples":[
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"worked two jobs to rid himself of debt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clearing",
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"disburdening",
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"disencumbering",
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"divesting",
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"freeing",
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"relieving",
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"unburdening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discharging",
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"emancipating",
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"enfranchising",
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"liberating",
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"loosening",
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"loosing",
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"manumitting",
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"releasing",
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"springing",
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"unbinding",
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"uncaging",
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"unchaining",
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"unfettering",
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"bailing (out)",
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"delivering",
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"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
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"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bogging (down)",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"weighing down",
|
|
"weighting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridging":{
|
|
"as in drifting , banking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"accreting",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"piling (up)",
|
|
"stacking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riding (out)":{
|
|
"to come safely through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"weathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlasting",
|
|
"outliving",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"pulling through",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding out",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ride herd on":{
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Teachers must sometimes ride herd on more than 25 students at once."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"quarterback",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridged":{
|
|
"as in drifted , banked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"agglutinated",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"accreted",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"piled (up)",
|
|
"stacked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ride":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"roast",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"yuk",
|
|
"yuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a condor riding high in the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"swim",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"dangle",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"raft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"lunge",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plan for the party rides on whether he can come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hinge",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an organization that provides rides for senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"transportation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"conveyance",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridded":{
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked two jobs to rid himself of debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"unburden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter",
|
|
"bail (out)",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"weigh down",
|
|
"weight (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rider":{
|
|
"as in allonge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allonge",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"follow-up",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"postlude",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"afterword",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"codicil",
|
|
"excursus",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddance":{
|
|
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the riddance of all the fleas from the house was a relief to everyone concerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"disposal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"throwing away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"destruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"acquirement",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridden (out)":{
|
|
"to come safely through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"weathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlasted",
|
|
"outlived",
|
|
"worn out",
|
|
"pulled through",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held out",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"been",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"thriven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rides (out)":{
|
|
"to come safely through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"weathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlasts",
|
|
"outlives",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"pulls through",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"holds out",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridiculousness":{
|
|
"as in irony , absurdity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"irony",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"wittiness",
|
|
"wryness",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comicality",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
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"uproariousness",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jokiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"waggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pathos",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
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"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"somberness"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"riders":{
|
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"as in allonges":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allonges",
|
|
"documentations",
|
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"follow-ups",
|
|
"sequels",
|
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"accompaniments",
|
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"additions",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"postscripts",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"codas",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
"postludes",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"afterwords",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"codicils",
|
|
"excursuses",
|
|
"excursus",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridgepole":{
|
|
"as in post , stick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"sill",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"timber",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cordwood",
|
|
"firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spine , backbone":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"promontory",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddles (out)":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unriddles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"irons out",
|
|
"straightens (out)",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rid":{
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked two jobs to rid himself of debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"unburden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter",
|
|
"bail (out)",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"weigh down",
|
|
"weight (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridiculers":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any person of great vision has his or her ridiculers , who inevitably fail to appreciate genius and originality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzers",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddles":{
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his motives for starting an argument with the coach were a complete riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed books",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"enigmas",
|
|
"head-scratchers",
|
|
"mysteries",
|
|
"mystifications",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"secrets",
|
|
"whys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"perplexities",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several signs along the highway were riddled by buckshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prickles",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"burrows (into)",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"seals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper expos\u00e9 revealed a gaming commission that is riddled with corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrates",
|
|
"percolates (into)",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"suffuses",
|
|
"transfuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuses (through)",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"passes (into)",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"fills (up)",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddled (out)":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unriddled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddances":{
|
|
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the riddance of all the fleas from the house was a relief to everyone concerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disposals",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"dumpings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"destructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"acquirements",
|
|
"acquisitions",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"gatherings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddle (out)":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridicule":{
|
|
"the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"mimicry",
|
|
"pasquinade",
|
|
"satire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the term \"big bang theory\" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"laugh (at)",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"skewer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"twit",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"satirize",
|
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"take off (on)",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridgepoles":{
|
|
"as in posts , sticks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"sills",
|
|
"splints",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"timbers",
|
|
"woods",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"cordwoods",
|
|
"firewoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spines , backbones":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"spines",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"promontories",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"ridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddled":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several signs along the highway were riddled by buckshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"holed",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"punctured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prickled",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"burrowed (into)",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"hollowed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"sealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper expos\u00e9 revealed a gaming commission that is riddled with corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrated",
|
|
"percolated (into)",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"suffused",
|
|
"transfused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffused (through)",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"passed (into)",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"filled (up)",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridden":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed (at)",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"hagridden",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffed",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"joked",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"roasted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantered",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"funned",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"jested",
|
|
"quipped",
|
|
"wisecracked",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"japed",
|
|
"jollied",
|
|
"yukked",
|
|
"yucked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a condor riding high in the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swum",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"rafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"lunged",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plan for the party rides on whether he can come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depended",
|
|
"hinged",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"based",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"grounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridiculing":{
|
|
"as in mocking , deriding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mocking , ribbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the term \"big bang theory\" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"laughing (at)",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"skewering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoffing (at)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"sneering (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"twitting",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"barracking",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"catcalling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"targeting",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"burlesquing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"pillorying",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"taking off (on)",
|
|
"travestying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridden herd on":{
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Teachers must sometimes ride herd on more than 25 students at once."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"captained",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overseen",
|
|
"quarterbacked",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"monitored",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"reigned",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rids":{
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked two jobs to rid himself of debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"unburdens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters",
|
|
"bails (out)",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"weighs down",
|
|
"weights (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"saddles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ride (out)":{
|
|
"to come safely through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlast",
|
|
"outlive",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"pull through",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"hold out",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riddle":{
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his motives for starting an argument with the coach were a complete riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed book",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"enigma",
|
|
"head-scratcher",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several signs along the highway were riddled by buckshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"prickle",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"burrow (into)",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper expos\u00e9 revealed a gaming commission that is riddled with corruption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrate",
|
|
"percolate (into)",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"suffuse",
|
|
"transfuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuse (through)",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"pass (into)",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"fill (up)",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridge":{
|
|
"the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pigeons roosting along the ridge of the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"ridgepole",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"promontory",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drift , bank":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"accrete",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"pile (up)",
|
|
"stack (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridges":{
|
|
"the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pigeons roosting along the ridge of the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"ridgepoles",
|
|
"spines",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"promontories",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drifts , banks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"accretes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles (up)",
|
|
"stacks (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"riding herd on":{
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Teachers must sometimes ride herd on more than 25 students at once."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"quarterbacking",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"reigning",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ridiculous":{
|
|
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie thriller with such a ridiculous plot that it gets only guffaws from audiences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"cockamamy",
|
|
"cockamamie",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"irrational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie comedian who has perfected the ridiculous pratfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"chucklesome",
|
|
"comedic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humoristic",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"slapsticky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"snickery",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"jokey",
|
|
"joky",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"unhumorous",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rides":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws (at)",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"aggrieves",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"funs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a condor riding high in the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"swims",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"dangles",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"rafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"lunges",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"sinks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plan for the party rides on whether he can come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depends",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hinges",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an organization that provides rides for senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"transportations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"conveyances",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |